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Thank you for sharing these links. I was a proponent of IRV, but it's clear to me now that it doesn't offer a significant improvement over FPTP. Quinn's 3-2-1 scoring method is a lot more attractive to me now.
Public library.
I just found this article that I think explains what happened. In a previous RCV election, the Republicans got 60% of the first round vote, but still lost. That was because it was split between more than one Republican as a result of their unusual primary election system that sends the top four candidates to the general election. Basically, they spoiled the election for themselves. The tight result of this referendum is probably more of an indictment of Alaska's top four primary system than RCV.
I don't think that makes sense. In both RCV and FPTP, if a candidate gets over 50% in the first round then they're the winner. In FPTP if no candidate gets over 50% then there's usually a runoff. I believe that's why rank choice voting is also known as instant runoff voting.
Why such a close margin? What don't Alaskans like about RCV?
Seems like a simple task to help verify that you are not a bot. It might also help deter applicants who are anti-communist. I guess you solved the problem for yourself by choosing a different instance.
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Walking Lichen!
(pixelfed.crimedad.work)
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.crimedad.work/post/152929
Here are the other two photos from the series on Pixelfed:
cross-posted from: https://pixelfed.crimedad.work/p/crimedad/763216516514804651
Walking Lichen!
I was grilling some steak on my deck when I noticed this camouflaged lacewing larva. Check out this site for better photos and cool facts about it: http://jimmccormac.blogspot.com/2014/10/a-murderous-mobile-lichen.html?m=1
#LichenSubscribe #Mosstodon #Macro #MacroPhotography #bugs #camouflage
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Walking Lichen! [OC]
(pixelfed.crimedad.work)
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.crimedad.work/post/152929
Here are the other two photos from the series on Pixelfed:
cross-posted from: https://pixelfed.crimedad.work/p/crimedad/763216516514804651
Walking Lichen!
I was grilling some steak on my deck when I noticed this camouflaged lacewing larva. Check out this site for better photos and cool facts about it: http://jimmccormac.blogspot.com/2014/10/a-murderous-mobile-lichen.html?m=1
#LichenSubscribe #Mosstodon #Macro #MacroPhotography #bugs #camouflage
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From Iron Dome to F-15s: US provides 70% of Israel’s war costs | CTech
(www.calcalistech.com)
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.crimedad.work/post/149349
Here's a link to the paper referenced by the article. Not sure why it wasn't included with the article. Anyway, this chart stood out to me:
Don't believe or respect anyone who says the White House is working on a ceasefire deal. This administration has clearly been working on just the opposite.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/22130019
A report by Brown University’s Watson Institute reveals that since the beginning of the war, the US has spent more than $22 billion on military aid to Israel - from weapons and equipment to the deployment of aircraft carriers. Israel receives more U.S. military aid than any other country and is uniquely able to use that funding to spend on domestic goods.
The total amount of American aid since the start of the war is about NIS 85 billion ($22 billion) based on an average exchange rate by the Bank of Israel over the past year. Most has been delivered but about $5.2 billion will only arrive next year. According to official estimates from the Bank of Israel, the total cost of the war is estimated to be about NIS 250 billion ($65 billion), including around NIS 118 billion ($31 billion) for military costs including army operational costs, replenishment of military equipment, ammunition, and logistical support. Therefore, by a simple calculation, the U.S. has been funding about 70% of the war effort.
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From Iron Dome to F-15s: US provides 70% of Israel’s war costs | CTech
(www.calcalistech.com)
Here's a link to the paper referenced by the article. Not sure why it wasn't included with the article. Anyway, this chart stood out to me:
Don't believe or respect anyone who says the White House is working on a ceasefire deal. This administration has clearly been working on just the opposite.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/22130019
A report by Brown University’s Watson Institute reveals that since the beginning of the war, the US has spent more than $22 billion on military aid to Israel - from weapons and equipment to the deployment of aircraft carriers. Israel receives more U.S. military aid than any other country and is uniquely able to use that funding to spend on domestic goods.
The total amount of American aid since the start of the war is about NIS 85 billion ($22 billion) based on an average exchange rate by the Bank of Israel over the past year. Most has been delivered but about $5.2 billion will only arrive next year. According to official estimates from the Bank of Israel, the total cost of the war is estimated to be about NIS 250 billion ($65 billion), including around NIS 118 billion ($31 billion) for military costs including army operational costs, replenishment of military equipment, ammunition, and logistical support. Therefore, by a simple calculation, the U.S. has been funding about 70% of the war effort.
I don't think I've ever seen that symbol in a username anywhere.
Maybe you can just ask them?
Barak Obama was named the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize laureate nine months after his inauguration. Subsequently, he used a drone to murder an American citizen, among a litany of other atrocities.
Lol, that's a big-brained take from Wired that there's a Goldilocks amount of surveillance and repression that apartheid regimes should be applying for the best results.
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The mutually assured destruction we need in the world.